A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... turn to their young , whom they feed by discharging the contents of the stomach into their mouths . THE STORMY PETREL * Is about the size of a house swallow . The general colour of the plumage is black , except about the rump , which is ...
... turn to their young , whom they feed by discharging the contents of the stomach into their mouths . THE STORMY PETREL * Is about the size of a house swallow . The general colour of the plumage is black , except about the rump , which is ...
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... turning it into his yard with a flock of tame Geese it soon became quite fa- miliar , and in a little time its wounded wing entirely heal- ed . In the following spring , when the Wild Geese mi- grate to the northward , a flock passed ...
... turning it into his yard with a flock of tame Geese it soon became quite fa- miliar , and in a little time its wounded wing entirely heal- ed . In the following spring , when the Wild Geese mi- grate to the northward , a flock passed ...
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... turn back ; but they are now prevented by the man , who shows himself at the broad end below . Thither , therefore , they dare not return ; and rise they may not , as they are kept by the net above from ascending . The only way left ...
... turn back ; but they are now prevented by the man , who shows himself at the broad end below . Thither , therefore , they dare not return ; and rise they may not , as they are kept by the net above from ascending . The only way left ...
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... turn their head , with one eye downwards , and continue to fly in that pos- ture . As soon as they perceive a fish sufficiently near the surface , they dart down upon it with the swiftness of an arrow , seize it with unerring certainty ...
... turn their head , with one eye downwards , and continue to fly in that pos- ture . As soon as they perceive a fish sufficiently near the surface , they dart down upon it with the swiftness of an arrow , seize it with unerring certainty ...
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... turning its ear to the music , listened very attentively to its harmony , though its own voice was little pleasanter than the braying of an ass . " Gesner tells us , that the Emperor Maximilian had a 52 NATURAL HISTORY .
... turning its ear to the music , listened very attentively to its harmony , though its own voice was little pleasanter than the braying of an ass . " Gesner tells us , that the Emperor Maximilian had a 52 NATURAL HISTORY .
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